Dear brother, our virtual paths are meeting on the blog of the quickly arriving PCO VIII on the grace of working. Welcome! The brother delegates of the Order will meet with the general minister and his council in Rome from October 26 to November 21, 2015 to reflect and make concrete proposals to the Order So that "the grace of working may be more fruitful for ourselves and others." (Constitutions 81, 4). After having had the opportunity to respond to the questionnaire we invite you to take the Instrumentum laboris into consideration and to share with us your observations, reflections, and proposals...in order to ever better live and witness to the "human meaning of work done in freedom of spirit." (Constitutions 78, 7).

It’s said that time flies. It’s true … a year has passed since the celebration of PCO VIII, which was truly a moment of grace and an occasion of growth for the whole Order! But it’s also said that Verba volant, scripta manent. So what…